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Informationen zum Autor William G. Lycan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published widely in the field of philosophy of mind and language. His publications include Consciousness (1987), Judgement and Justification (1988), and Consciousness and Experience (1996). Jesse J. Prinz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He works primarily in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His books include Furnishing the Mind: Concepts and Their Perceptual Basis (2002), Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion (2004), and The Emotional Construction of Morals (2007). Klappentext First published in 1990, Mind and Cognition: An Anthology is now firmly established as a popular teaching apparatus for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of mind. This collection of classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of mind and cognition provides the reader with an overview of the complex, sophisticated, and sometimes conflicting developments in theories of mind that have taken place over the last 50 years, making available to students, teachers, and researchers the very best and most influential contributions to the discipline. For this new edition, 20 new readings are included and substantial revisions aim to strike a balance between the traditional areas of philosophy of mind and cutting edge areas of philosophy of cognitive science, such as situated cognition, animal minds, and emotion. The emphasis in selection throughout has been on quality and teachability, making this volume a vital resource. Zusammenfassung First published in 1990! Mind and Cognition: An Anthology is now firmly established as a popular teaching apparatus for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements. Part I: Ontology: The Identity Theory and Functionalism:. Introduction. Behaviorism. 1. Excerpt from About Behaviorism: B. F. Skinner. The Identity Theory and Machine Functionalism. 2. Is Consciousness a Brain Process?: U. T. Place. Causal and Functionalist Views. 3. The Causal Theory of Mind: D. M. Armstrong. 4. The Nature of Mental States: Hilary Putnam. 5. Troubles with Functionalism (excerpt): Ned Block. Anomalous Monism. 6. Mental Events: Donald Davidson. Homuncular and Teleological Functionalism. 7. The Continuity of Levels of Nature: William G. Lycan. Part II: Intentionality: . Introduction. Psychosemantics. 8. Information and Representation: Jerry A. Fodor. 9. Biosemantics: Ruth Garrett Millikan. 10. A Guide to Naturalizing Semantics (excerpt): Barry Loewer. Other Approaches to Intentionality. 11. Modality, Normativity, and Intentionality: Robert Brandom. Part III: The Computational Theory of Mind and Artificial Intelligence . Introduction. The Language of Thought and Computationalism. 12. Why There Has to Be and How There Could Be a Private Language: Jerry A. Fodor. 13. Which Language Do We Think With?: Peter Carruthers. Artificial Intelligence. 14. Semantic Engines: An Introduction to Mind Design: John Haugeland. 15. Can Computers Think?: John R. Searle. Part IV: Eliminativism, Neurophilosophy, and Anti-Representationalism. Introduction. Eliminativism. 16. Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes: Paul M. Churchland. Connectionism. 17. Neural Representation and Neural Computation: Patricia Smith Churchland and Terrence Sejnowski. 18. Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture ...
